Assen 2009's tag archives

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2009 – Assen race highlights: Sturla Fagerhaug was once again the man to beat at round four of the 2009 Red Bull Rookies Cup, held this time at the famous Circuit van Drenthe at Assen. After having made an almost perfect start, the kid from Norway showed off his ability [...]

Chris Vermeulen: “It’s been great weather at Assen for the first day of practice and it gave us a good whole hour in which we could get a lot of work done. The conditions were very consistent for the session and it gave us a good opportunity to get the bike working. We tried different [...]

Randy de Puniet set the fastest lap time at Assen in today’s free practice session. The session was initially dominated by Rossi and Lorenzo, but de Puniet found some extra time in his penultimate lap and posted the top time of the day. Yuki Takahashi suffered a nasty high-side and had to be helped away [...]

In 2008 the partnership of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo failed to produce the rivalry expected between the pair. But since the epic duel at Catalunya between the two team-mates, the next round at Assen should be pretty tense. Both riders are level on points in the Championship and will be fighting for dominance at [...]